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Wednesday, October 04, 2000, updated at 19:40(GMT+8)
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China Focuses on: Harmonious Mankind-Nature Relations

China has set up a relatively sound management and legal system for environmental protection since it adopted the sustainable development strategy as the State strategy in 1996.

An official at the State Development Planning Commission told Xinhua that these efforts has created necessary conditions for balanced economic and environmental development in the long run.

Rule of law was high on the agenda. By now, China enacted six laws on environmental protection, nine laws on natural resources management, more than 30 administrative regulations on environmental protection and resources management, another 30 laws and regulations concerning sustainable development, and issued more standards and local regulations in this effort, the official said.

The strategy to develop the western parts, to return farmland to forests, bioagriculture, and to impose seasonal fishing bans are all the latest efforts the government has made to promote its sustainable development strategy.

According to the strategy, the government will focus on raising people's living standard, guaranteeing the peaceful coexistence of man and the nature, man and the environment, as well as sustainable, rapid and healthy economic development, in order that people can use the natural resources and protect the environment for good.

Years of hard effort has basically brought China's worsening environmental pollution under control, with environment quality in some cities and regions improving to some extent, the official said, adding that the strategy has won widespread support from the public.

Statistics showed that the total investment in pollution treatment in 1999 amounted to 82.3 billion yuan, accounting for 1 percent of China's gross domestic product, ever in history, according to the official.

With environment improving in urban areas, the government turned to rural areas. It has opened more than 2,000 bioagricultural pilots across the country, covering 13.7 percent of China's farmland.




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